Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina made it to the quarterfinals of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, Australian Open-2025. Our compatriot, having made a comeback in the first set, defeated her opponent from Russia Veronika Kudermetova, who competes without a flag, - 6:4, 6:1.

After the game, Svitolina emphasized that she goes into fights against representatives of the aggressor country with additional motivation. " So the people of Ukraine wake up with good news. I go into matches with them with the thought that if I don’t win, I’ll just die on the court and won’t let them win easily,” said the 30-year-old tennis player.

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Elina demonstrates impressive statistics of meetings with Russian women. Our athlete won all eight matches.

Svitolina already had to face Anastasia Potapova at a tournament in Monterrey on March 2, 2022. The Ukrainian left no chance for the Russian – 6:2, 6:1.

After that, Elina beat Anastasia Blinkova and Daria Kasantkina twice, as well as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Anna Klinskaya and, finally, Veronika Kudermetova in Melbourne 2025.

In eight fights, Svitolina gave the representatives of the Russian Federation two sets – 16-2. And the game score is 105:61.